# @create returns "Too many verb calls" to non-wiz chars

Brack (slayer@kaiwan.com)
Wed, 25 Dec 1996 20:02:36 PST

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    At 05:02 AM 12/26/96 PST, Luigi Fabio wrote:
    >K.A. all MOO-Cows .
    >
    >I am running LambdaMOO v1.8.0p5 w/25Dec95 LambdaCore on Linux.
    >Presently, the MOO is at its first stages (building the basic
    >envroiment before "normal" players come in) and I have hit into a
    >weird problem.
    >If a non-wiz char tries to @create (or @dig, which I discovered
    >(obviously) goes through the same routines, but in a spectacularly
    >perverted way) an object and that requires issueing a new (never
    >before issued) obj. number (i.e. $recycler calls create() to get the
    >job done (am I getting this right?)) the server refuses to do what it
    >should spitting out a nice "Too many verb calls" error, which is not
    >contemplated in the FM (LMoo Progger's manual by Pavel Curtis).
    >The curious things are that a) this does not happen to wizzen and
    >b)this started happening quite suddently (it worked fine before).

    As previously mentioned, you have nothing your $recycler. The fix on Lambda
    was to put these lines in $quota_utils:bi_create

     3:  if (!`who.wizard ! E_TYPE' && $recycler.contents)
     4:    return $recycler:_create(@args);

    >
    >Also, another couple (more trivial) Qs:
    >a) It was said on this list that Mr. Curtis is no longer maintaining
    >MOO. Who is? And will we get another server release beyond 1.8.0p5?

    Erik ostrom is. And there were already enough patches for 1.8.0p5 that I
    think 1.8.0p6 was announced.. plus all the stuff he promised would be in
    the next version.

    >b) Where can I find LambdaCore progger/user's manuals a little more
    >recent than the ones on ftp.parc.xerox.com (v1.3 (!))?

    ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/MOO/html/ProgrammersManual_toc.html has the
    most recent Programmers' Manual (for 1.8.0p5)

    >c) Wading through Brack's www pages, I found a site with patches for
    >the 25Dec95 core (www.flake.org/something). Problem is, I can' t
    >reach said site (DNS lookup failure). Is there a mirror somewhere?

    flake.org moved recently and it might still not be cached correctly in your
    DNS. Try the numeric address at 208.13.150.200. Either that, or the MOO I
    have those documents on was down at the time you looked. It's been up for a
    while though.
    You can find the upgrading LambdaCore document at
    http://flake.org:8989/library/upgrade, the security holes in LambdaCore
    1Oct94 at http://flake.org:8989/library/bugs94, and the one for 25Dec95 at
    http://flake.org:8989/library/bugs95. (or /742, /1130 and /1857 for people
    who have been using the numbers)

    >d) Is there a similar site for server patches for 1.8.0p5? A lot have
    >passed on this list and I was wondering if an "official" patch
    >repository (of tested and needful patches) exists.

    Here are some patches I've used and found useful:

    The DSA extensions at ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/MOO/contrib/server-add-ons/
    The File Utilites Patch at
    http://bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il/software/MOOsupport/FUP/
    Martian's Extension Pack at http://midgard.solgate.com/docs/ext-martian.c
    Richelieu's patch archive at ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/ro/riche/MOO/patches/

    PS: The plural of wizard is "wizards".

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